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Biden declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

By Cassidy Morrison
Published August 4, 2022 6:43pm ET
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Biden declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
A visitor checks in at a Pop-Up Monkeypox vaccination site at the West Hollywood Library on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in West Hollywood, Calif.

The Biden administration will tap into public health emergency powers to speed up the distribution of vaccines for monkeypox and improve testing capacity.

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